arostine9:

thats-so-crash:

succubarbie:

we need to teach women that it’s ok for them not to become mothers because if i see any more bad moms movies coming out and keep seeing sitcoms about moms who hate their children and hate being moms i’m gonna scream like its not ok to bring a child into this world just to turn them into a traumatized adult, being a mother is about putting all your time and energy into a growing and vulnerable human being and if you’re not ready to do that, don’t become a mom.. you can lead a perfectly happy and fulfilling life without having a child just to traumatize them and make both you and your children’s lives miserable

I adore my nieces but I absolutely could not handle raising a child.

“being a mother is about putting all your time and energy into a growing and vulnerable human being and if you’re not ready to do that, don’t become a mom…”

it’s not, though? becoming a mother isn’t some total loss-of-self where you cease to live for yourself and only live for your child. you’re still yourself. you’re yourself with the added responsibility of caring for a child and ideally, this responsibility is shared with a partner so that all the burden doesn’t fall on just one person. there are so many good mothers that DON’T put all their time and energy into their children, who still manage to have fulfilling careers and outside interests, and are better mothers because they are more balanced, fulfilled people.

^^^^